The union that represents some postal workers had to extend elections and offer replacement ballots after the originals were apparently lost in the mail. The American Postal Workers Union of the AFL-CIO gave a Thursday deadline for union members to request replacement ballots for the election of union officers. My Fox NY
Last month the Washington Post reported: The Postal Service has awarded more than 2,700 contracts to former employees since 1991 and awarded 17 no-bid deals to former executives between 2006 and 2009, according to one of the audits. Most of those executives earned six-figure sums, the report said. One unnamed executive received a $260,000 no-bid […]
“Several airline companies and their executives pleaded guilty for role their in fixing prices” A second airline has “paid up” as part of an anti-trust investigation into a price-fixing scheme involving rates and surcharges air cargo carriers were charging their customers. Most recently, Northwest Airlines pleaded guilty Aug. 27 to one count of price fixing […]
Zumbox CEO to Speak During World Postal Business Forum COPENHAGEN, DENMARK – October 6, 2010 – Zumbox announced today that it will showcase the latest version of its Zumbox digital postal platform at Post-Expo 2010 in Copenhagen. In addition, the company’s CEO, John Payne, will speak during the conference at the World Postal Business Forum, […]
After complaint filed Postmaster gets temporary assignment as USPS District Manager of Operations CARTHAGE — A federal court jury has awarded a U.S. Postal Service employee about $125,000 in back pay after finding that her full-time position was eliminated because of complaints that she was being discriminated against for being a woman. Roberta K. Faul […]
The American Postal Workers Union, AFL-CIO, requested information from the United States Postal Service under the Freedom of Information Act on September 10, 2008. APWU requested “the most recent Pay for Performance bonus and/or pay increases . . . contain[ing] the following information: finance number, last name, first name, middle initial, level, title, PFP lump-sum amount, PFP […]
House Representative Darrell Issa’s Facebook Wall page (now deleted): Do you have links to those letters you could share so we know what points your union leaders made? We apologize for getting our hackles up…we re-read your post and ours and think we both could’ve done a better job. Truce? What we can address (without […]
The Fort Worth postmaster is on paid administrative leave while the watchdog arm of the U.S. Postal Service investigates the office, several sources said. The inspector general is investigating possible problems with the recording of mail volume, which can be a key driver of budgeting and efficiency measures, officials said. The Postmaster said he continues […]
A post office employee accused of pulling a knife on a customer will appear today in court for an arraignment hearing.Seann Taulbee, 40, of South Marshall Road in Middletown, has been charged with assault and aggravated menacing for allegedly putting a knife to the throat of Tin-jor Wong of Liberty Twp. on Saturday at the […]
WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 – James Dupont had just finished delivering mail on his rural Arkansas route when he saw a truck and car collide head-on. The veteran letter carrier pulled the driver from the truck and, as the vehicle caught on fire, saved a passenger engulfed in flames. He then managed to bend open the […]